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Ainslee Faith:

2/9/2013 (same birthday as Stu!)

3:51 pm

5 lbs. 14 oz.

And the family:

photos by Jeremy B., Mercury Radio Arts

Sure it’s probably something sugar-free, fat-free, raw vegetable, unprocessed, and zero calories – but hey! Cake is cake! Check out these backstage photos from Glenn’s birthday party at the office!

Have a case of the Mondays? Watch this pep talk from “Kid President” and you’ll be cured:

Next time you’re having a bad day remember, “you can cry about it or you can DANCE about it.”

by Sara J.

This morning during Glenn’s interview with Senator Rand Paul, Glenn discussed an recent article on Salon supporting Roe v. Wade on it’s 40th anniversary. Glenn referred to the article as “absolutely incredible,” because of its honesty on the issue. The writer of the article not only admits that she knows an abortion does end a life, she thinks that perfectly fine. Why? Because, in her opinion, not all life is equal.

Unhinged honesty… That’s the only positive aspect to this Salon article titled, “So what if abortion ends life?”. The piece, written by Mary Elizabeth Williams, centers around her believe that yes, abortion ends a life, and that’s a-okay.

“I believe that life starts at conception. And it’s never stopped me from being pro-choice.”

Williams claims that the anti-abortionists have “co-opted” the word “life”. Ironic considering she admits that life does begins at conception; therefore, “life” is what abortion opponents are fighting to protect. While the left may wish the issue of abortion is centered around the woman, those who oppose abortion don’t hate women. They are fighting for the rights of an innocent human life, therefore “pro-life” is hardly a straw man. She might have a point if pro-lifers called themselves “anti-murders,” but that’s not the case.

Of all the diabolically clever moves the anti-choice lobby has ever pulled, surely one of the greatest has been its consistent co-opting of the word “life.” Life! Who wants to argue with that? Who wants be on the side of … not-life? That’s why the language of those who support abortion has for so long been carefully couched in other terms.

If by “carefully couched in other terms,” she means relabeling the right to life to a mere “choice”, then sure. To those who were taught about the birds and the bees, and are aware of the many forms of birth control, the “choice” to evade pregnancy should happen before the creation of life (obviously rape is a different situation — not a situation that removes the equality of life, but one where choice is violently eliminated).

While opponents of abortion eagerly describe themselves as “pro-life,” the rest of us have had to scramble around with not nearly as big-ticket words like “choice” and “reproductive freedom.” The “life” conversation is often too thorny to even broach.

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